Golf tee



Jam 13, 1925.

R. D. PRYDE GOLF TEE Filed April 25 192.4

E W W Patented Jan. 13, 19:25

UNITED s'rATEs ROBERT D. BRYDE, or ORANGE, coNNEc'i'IcU'r.

GOLF TEE.

Application file April 25, 1924. Serial NO. 708,944.

To all whomi't may concemz:

.Be it known that I, ROBERT D. PRYDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Golf Tees, of Wh`ich the following is a specification, reference being had therein ,to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a new and improved golf tee.

LIt is the 'object' thereof, among other things, to provide a reusable tee that may Vbe readily positionedand will-provide a firm 115 and 'rigid seat for the golf ballfwill have the maximum rigidit and strength with the minimum possibillty of injury thereto, and designed so that dirt or other foreign subtsances will not interfere-with its eificiency. i

In the drawings, wherein like numerals o f reference designate like parts in the several figures:

Figure 1 'is an elevation of my improved golf'tee, illustrated as being positioned in the ground withV a golf ball'poised thereon;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof; and

Figure 8 is an enlarged'longitudinal sectional view thereof.

My improved golf tee, which is designated 10, Yis preferably conical' in form, having a cavity or pocket 11 in the larger end thereof, and an adjacent end face 12 shown here-.

edge of the tee.`

While I have illustrated the face 12 as incline'd downwardly toward the cavity or` pocket V'11, it maybe made flat if desired, or inclined downwardly away from the cavity or pocket, or the latter may at its outer end be substantially the same diameter as the larger end of the tee, in which case there in as inclinino' downwardly from the outer .Would be no end face.

The cavity or ocket 11 is also most usecarton. or the like.

strong structure, will not break or be injured thereby, and after rendering service is removed for subsequent use.

The golf ball 13, when positioned, finds a firm and rigidseat on the end face 12 with a portion of its peripheryprojectng into` the cavity or pocket 11.

In re-usable" tees heretofore made the slightest accumulation of dirt on the top of the tee forms an obstruction for the ball and prevents the same acquiring a good seat thereon. If this Idirt is not discovered until' after the tee is positioned 'the task of cleaning it is amost inconvenient one. i

vWith my improved tee a limited amount of dirt or other'foreign substance can accumulate in the bottom of the cavity 01' pocket 11 without affecting the efiiciency of the tee and can be removed 'with the slightest inoonvenience.

What I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A re-usable golf tee, having a cavity or pocket in one end thereof, and a downwardly flaring face upon the end thereof between the pocket and the .periphery of the tee. l 2. A re-usable golf tee, conical in form, with a cavity or pocket in the larger end thereof of less diameter than said end, and that portion of such end between the cavity or pocket and outside edge forming a seat' for the'ball. a

' 3. A re-usable golf tee, conical in` form, with a cavity or pocket in the larger end. thereof of less diameter than said end, and that portion of such endbetween the cavity or" pocket and outside edge forming a seat for the ball that 'inclines downwardly from the outside edge to the cavity or pocket.

In testimony whereof, I have hereu-n'to afiixed my signature.)

RoBERT-D, PRYDE. 

